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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1952-07-23, Page 5BORAH Mr. and Mrs. James Miehie spent Aka few days last week visiting rela- tives and friends at Milton, Guelph and Ilesplar. Mrs. L. Kirton, Bluevale, is spend- ing a few days with Mr. and Mrs. James Michie. Mr. and Mrs. George Michie spent the week-end in the Muskoka .dis- trict. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jamieson, Whitechurch, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ben- nett, Wingham and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Proctor and family with Mrs. E. Stapleton. Mr. Edward Tacklin, Wroxeter, has been spending the past week with LLASHMAR Drive-In THEATRE Listowel 2 SHOWS NIGHTLY RAIN OR CLEAR Thursday, Fridair, July 24-25 "Sunny Side of the Street" Frankie Laine Betty Daniels Saturday, Monday, July 26-28 "Stage to Tucson" Rod Cameron Tuesday, Wednesday, July 29-30 "Lightning Strikes Twice" Ruth Roman Richard Todd Thurs., Friday, July 31-Aug. 1 "Along the Great Divide" Kirk Douglas Virginia Mayo Saturday Only Aug. '2 "Pretty Baby" Dennis Morgan Betsy Drake FROM FLOOD TO DROUGHT IN 1007 DAYS Central Press Canadian This spring brought floods that gave residents of Missouri more water than they had any use for. Now Southwestern Missouri is in the throes of a super-heated drought. Farmers are hard put to keep the cattle fed and many of them have to haul water for long distances. This cow on the farm of O. D. Putnam is staring disconsolately at the baked mud at the bottom of what once was a water hole on the farm. Farmers say the drought is the worst in their memory, YAFT FORESEES—THED—AY Central Press Canadian Sen. Robert Taft prepares to open the door of the Presidential Suite at the Congress Hotel, Chicago. He predicted the nation's voters wuld assure his occupancy of the suite- on visits after Nov. 4, which war an- Other way of prophesying he was going to beat Eisenhower for the Re- publican nomination, IN THE SPORTLIGHT BY AI. FORBERG Sports Editor When we look at the progress of golf in Kitchener and area, and What t has done for that city in publicity and business, we are amazed. At the present time, that city holds all of the Ontario titles worth mentioning, neluding the Ontario Open and Amateur Championship, the Ontario Junior Championship and the Ontario Ladies' Championship, Wingham has a golf course in its second year. Now is the time to interest the youngsters in the game and give them the chance to play and receive instruction, A youngster started now may grow into a drawing card for our course and for the town , in the future. Why shouldn't Wingham become known for golfing the same as Kitchener? We have an asset here, let's develop it. According to Walkerton's Herald Times, Walkerton is now recognized as having the leading annual tournament in this area. The Kitchener Rockway club has listed it as a must for their better players, as the Lyons Cup team is based on the showing in this tournament, One hundred and twenty-five golfers played there this year, which is the usual large turnout for this affair, When 125 golfers come to town, that is a boost to business. When 125 golfers go away telling about what a wonderful day they had, that is wonderful advertising. Let's get startect now, Wingham has a curling club that is known far and wide. Let's get Wingham on the golf map. .i1Y1.4.M.0.0•1•10.0.0•IHNIMIDINOM.41•0-00•01.114M1.0”0.1•011110.0.111.4MOM•1,010.0.0•0.1104311004.11.0... The Luc - Tee - Win Conservation Club WILL HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING IN WINGHAM TOWN HALL %REMINGTON RAND 71)P ADDING MACHINES Special spflan :mounting obsorbs•operat- ing shock on4 \vibration. Adds, plies, lists, totals to '99,999.99. Plus . . the World's fastest iosyhoard— fastest because it's simplest? 'COME IN FOR A DEMONSTRATION Wingham Advance-Times I O REEVES AND ZONE MEN ARE ASKED TO BE PRESENT. EVERYBODY WELCOME. Put yoUr car in tie for stunmer - pink of condition Drive in into winter driving. tune-up,-uP• Bete for a complete motor assured of quick ink, better mileage and start great safety for your driving ahem). er We today! give honest service alwaYs; come hl Wingham Motors Telephone 139 on TUESDAY, JULY 29th, 1952 at 8.30 pm. Guest Speaker - 'Mir. `E. R. Meadows of the Dept. of Lands and Forests also FILMS TO BE SHOWN DOWN THE BASE PATHS with Trent Frayne The most valuable palyer in the International League might well turn out to be Andy Anderson, the Toronto catcher, who has been so reliable this season that Jack Cooke, club owner, must sometimes shudder at the awful possibility something might happen to him. Almost everything' has, you know. He's been battered and bruised from crop-top to banged toe yet, night in and night out, he's hammering home those "tough" runs, the ones that come with the club trailing by a run in a tie ball game. The other night the Leafs seemed to have an easy time in whipping Rochester 10-4, yet the truth was that Anderson, knocked in the first three runs, added two more when the game was close, and could have had a sixth had not Joe Becker, the manager, held up a limp- ing Eddie Stevens at third base on Andy's second double. Give him six runs batted in, in that game, and imagine an "easy" victory without For all the money Cooke has squandered in an effort to produce a winner for southern Ontario fans, it's still Anderson purchased for a song, who's carrying the club. When Andy doesn't hit, the Leafs are life and death to pull out a victory. He went into his first slump two weeks ago during a road trip and it was no coincidence that Toronto lost 10 out of 12. He came back to form and they won five out of nine from the rocketing Rochesters. While Anderson didn't cost too much, the way Cooke heaves around $1,000 bills these days, he could have been obtained even cheaper. As I recall it, Joe Ziegler, general manager from '49 through '51 paid Baltimore either $7,500 or $10,000 for Anderson in June last year. The irony was that Ziegler had been offered Andy three montha earlier and several hundred dollars cheaper. Ziegler was told by Wid Matthews, general manager of the Chicago Cubs; Mel Jones, G.M. for the St. Paul Saints; and Buzzie Bavasi, Vice- president of the Dodgers, that Ander- son was a competent catcher but not a man to help a seventh-place club (which the Leafs had been in 1950) into first division. So Toronto started the '51 season with Danny Balch, a kid from San Antonio, and a couple of holdovers, Vince Plumbo. and Buddy Heslet. Balch couldn't do the job and soon was returned to Texas; Plumb° and Heslet were mediocre at best, ,So, along in June, the Baltimore club suddenly lost its senses and offered Anderson again, None too optimisti- YOUR lAYOURIli 8111R1fil KIST. ROOT BEER PARKING WITHOUT FUSS SIGN OF GOOD DRIVING Should some demon sta- tistician take the trouble he would probably find out that automobiles travelling back- wards cause more accidents per miles travelled than those going in the normal forward direction. He would also likely find that most of these "back- ing" accidents are the re- sult of faulty parking. Though the consequences are seldom more serious than dented fenders or scratched finish, inability to park properly is the mark of an inept driver. Revers- on dead-end streets are fre- quently hazardous when the driver finds it necessary to back several hundred feet past parked cars, abandon- etitoys and frolicking children. No wonder, say truck company officials that well over half of their damage claims are the results of backing accidents, Minor though each claim may be, the sum total is of major proportions. ing the car into a limited parking space, without un- due fuss or effort, presents no problem to the good driver. But a great many motorists try their own tern- pers and patience, as well' as those of the people they delay, in their frustrated at- tempts to back twenty feet of car into twenty-five feet of space. Then, often they invite trouble by ,leaving their cars with front or rear, or both, projecting into the line of moving traffic. On busy city streets it is particularly important that parking be done efficiently and with as little interfer- ence as possible to traffic. Drivers who have difficulty in backing into parking space should practise in un- ccingested areas. No driver should consider himself or herself a capable operator until he has mast- ered the technique of re- verse parking. Such 'ability will save his time, energy and temper and will also have a salutary effect on the dispositions of those in his vicinity. Parking know- how will save him 'repair bills and possible law suits with car owners who take a dismal view of the forceful attention their vehicles re- ceive at his hands. Pulling out' of a parking space also requires knowl- edge and skill. Fenders are just as vulnerable to the car leaving as they are to the car entering the parking. area. The first rule for both procedures and most impor- , tont in the interests of safety Is: "Signal your In- tention, then be sure the way is clear before you leave or enter the traffic, stream." To the real 'driver the ability to park properly Is not a hit-and-miss proposl., flan but a part of a safe, skilled motor vehicle opera., tion, For easy parking fol. IoW the steps Illustrated here. CLAIM BACKING ACCIDENTS OVER HALF OF TRUCK TOTAL Besides parking mishaps, backing causes over fifty per cent of trucking acci- dents, according to officials of some of the truck cam- Pantos. Though results are !wily of a minor nature), Mal accidents have bean caused by backing vehicles, most of the victims being children. Truckers trying to nego- tiate narrow lanes often cause damage to buildings, garbage pails and objects they can't avoid, DeliverieS 1 PULL UP EVEN with the car in front. Turn your steering i• wheel hard right, and back up slowly. WHEN YOUR FRONT SEAT is even with the other car's rear seat, begin straightening your wheels. By the 2. time the bumpers are even, your wheels should be st r a ig ht. Then turn your steer- ing wheel hard left. 7*, ... . . ......... BACK AND FRONT will then come close to the curb. Pull ahead, 3 straighten wheels so • that front and rear are within six Inches of the curb. • rs WEDNESDAY; JULY 23rd,, 1952 THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES -Rmig Taaffoii Mr, and Mrs. George Johnston, Rev, W, J. Manes, Mrs. Manes and Marilyn, of Thames Road, are visi- ting friends in the district, Mr. and Mrs, Smith spent the week-end in Toronto with Mr. and Mrs. Wes Grierson and Mr, and Mrs. Mike Dolan, who were former Wing- ham residents. Miss Amy Smith and Mr. Martin Grasby, spent the week-end in Tor- onto, with Mr. and Mrs, Wes cries- son and also were guests at the Jones-Ewasuk wedding at Christ Church, Mimico, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. James R, Coultes and Mr. and Mrs. George Martin were guests at the Jones-Ewasuk wedding on Saturday in Mimico, Mrs, Harold Walsh and Carol spent a couple of days at London last week. Miss Lois Grasby is spending a few days visiting friends at Dutton. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Woods and family visited with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Cline at Paramount on Satur- day. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Armstrong spent the week-end at Bracebridge. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Vincent and family were in London last Thurs- day visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Les- lies Vincent. Mr. and Mrs. V. Hrovat, of Blue- vale visied with Mr. and Mrs. Mark Armstrong. Mrs. Harry Grasby is spending a few days with her brother, Doctor and Mrs. Charles Toll, Lambeth. Those attending the Rath reunion at Springbank Park on Saturday from this community were: Mr. Robert Stonehouse, Mrs. Russel Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coultes and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harry McGuire and Mr. and Mrs, Lewis Stonehouse. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Chamney, Sandra and Claire, visited Sunday with Mr .and Mrs. Jas. O'Brien at Kincardine. The girls are staying for a few holidays Mr. and Mrs.' Roy Robinson and Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Webster and baby, and Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Humphrey and baby spent the week- end at Hespeler with Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Humphrey. Mr. and Mrs, John Mason, Julie and Lois, and Mrs. Kilpatrick visited Sun- day with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Mason, at Listowel, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Weir and daugh- ters, of Owen Sound, Mrs, W, Mitchell, of Wingham, and Smith and Barbara Inglis, of Clifford, were Sunday "Visi- tors with Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Gaunt and family. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Inglis, of Walk- erton, visited on Sunday at the home of their daughter, Mr, and Mrs. Albert Bieman. Alex and. Laurette McBurney and Mrs. Shoebottom attended the Mc- Burney reunion held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Hardie on Sunday. Miss Margaret Higgins, of London, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Higgins. Mrs. Jack Bosman, of London, spent last week with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Geo. Cook, and Mildred Cook, of London, also spent the week-end here Mr. and Mrs. William Bieman are holidaying at Owen Sound. Mr. Harris Purdon, of Gore Bay spent Sunday with Mr .and Mrs, Calvin Robinson. -Mrs. Des Gurnett of Goderich spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Athol Bruce. Mrs. Harry Cook, Mr. Frank Cooper and Mr. and Mrs, Arnold Vint and family left last Friday for Bracebridge where they visited their father, Mr, Cooper, and other relatives in that district. BELMORE Mr, and Mrs, Joseph Thomas and family, of Ottawa, who have been visiting with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wes. Haskins, have returned to their home. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Haskins accompanied them to Toron- to, and Miss Wilma Haskins went with her uncle and aunt Co Ottawa for a visit. Mr. and Mrs, Jack Campbell of Star City, Sask,, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Demerling, of Waterloo, and Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Mahood and family, of Howick, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wes. Haskins. 125 Entries for Walkerton Tourney The Annual Walkerton Invitation Golf Tournament was held at the local course last Wednesday. The usual large turnout was on hand to battle with "par" for the day. Some of the Province's best shotsmiths were out to ply their wares on the tricky layout. The golfers were from many cities and etowns, such localities like London, St. Thomas, Seaforth, Mitchell, Stratford, Hanover, Owen Sound, Goderich, Palmerston, Lis- towel, Perth and Kitchener. Kitchen- er as usual came out in full force with about fifty players on the scene. Mr. J. H. "Dinty" Moore, former manager of the Bank of Montreal came down for the day's golf, He was accompanied by two more Perth players, They came here for the sole purpose of trying their luck at golf and their trip was justified with Mr. Moore winning one of the prizes, William Franklin and Milt Plomske, of Kitchener Rockway, led the field for most of the day. Their scores of 70 or even par seemed to hold up. Murray Norman playing out of Grand River at Kitchener had other ideas however. Before a large following he I played even par for 15 holes, On the lth and 17th, he had two birdies and to.-k a two stroke lead. He ran into serious trouble on the 13th when his tc -, shot settled amongst some trees. His recovery shot however was near perfect, and this coupled with a beautiful approach and a good putt gave him another par and the cham- pionship. Bruce Field of Westmount was the net winner, 'closely followed by Mounty Lamoure of Owen Sound. Port Elgin Earns 7=3 Win Here The Mercurys chalked up seven hits against Port Elgin last Wednesday night but they weren't in the right spots. Even two home-runs by Crew- son and Lott weren't enough to win them the ball game. The Port town boys ended up on the top of a 7-3 score, Held scoreless until the sixth, Gaull singled with two away and Johnny Crewson stepped up to blast a home- run for the first two tallies. Bud Lott's homer came in the ninth with nobody on. Port Elgin managed six hits but they were in the right spots to be turned into runs. Both Sparrow and Hall were working well on the mound. Hall hurled 13 strikeouts and Spar- row 11. Tough luck struck in the Wingham ranks in the fifth when Sharpy Sell, the ace Mercury shortstop, was in- jured sliding into second base. He was taken to the hospital where he remained overnight and was released the next day with torn muscles in his neck and shoulder. Gaull ,Seli, Foster and Gardner ac- counted for the other Mercury hits. Wingham 000 002 001— 3 7 2 Port Elgin .. 101 110 021— 7 6 4 Wingham Templeman, cf; Spar- row, p; Gault, c; Crewson, 2b; Lott, If; Sell, ss; Foster, rf; Gardner, 3b; Hanna, lb; Fry, sub. in fifth. Port Elgin — T. Wilson, 2b; Bur- rell, lb; McNeill, c; Hall, p; Cuyler, ss; C. Mann, rf; Porter, of; Bruce, 3b; McKinnon, If.